Savings-bank.



B. VUM EIGEN.

SAVINGS BANK.

APPLIUATION FILED 113.24, 1912.

Patented Ma1.25, 1913.

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B. VOM EIGEN.

SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION AFILED IEB. 24, 191'2.

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' invention, such as will enable others skilled' provenients in savings ban ks; a`nd,fthe pres;

deposit-ing slots andcoini-actuated slot-closi ing ot' the banlnV after more Jfully set forth, and for use more,

tailed description of the present ,in yention.` 4'5' Y 'rention in View, thesaid invention cons1sts,'

citizen ofthe ,United States, residing at of New Jersey, have invented certain. new

and useful Improvements'in Savings-'Banks partjof this specioation.-

'larly, to that elassof portable banksioom- -mally close the said slots or openings, but

`inv savings banks, filed November 93,1911,

` object to provideanovel and 'simply conf time more 'particularly enumerated will' be combinations of the several devices and ,nr i

. UNMLED blA/Ea BENNo voM'nIGEN, or

* 'CORPORATION o SAVING Loss-,5131.- o

' original application ined' November 23; 191i, seri rebruaryize 1 9712.

To all/whom yz'jmng/ concern: v Be it known that L BENNO VOM EIGEN, a

Newark, in thecountyof- Essex and State and 'I' do hereby declare thefollmoyvino to be'a full, clear, and exact description oi the' in the'art 'fo-Which it appertains, to malte and Anse the same, reference beinghad 4to the accompanying drawings, and .to characters of reference marked thereon, which form -a' vThis invention 4relates, generally, to inient invention has referenceiniore particuprising a 4main '-shell'f or casing' which formed with a, number of 'com-receiving or ing devioes,`in the forni of-'gates'whioh-nonwhich readily yield to the insertion of a C oin to permit the coin to'be deposited, but pre- 1 vent the -Withdrawal of the coins through the said'slots from 'Within the shell or'cas- The p'resentvinvention, -Whiolris in' theA nature of a divisionI of -my"formenapplioaJ tion fonLetters-Patent ,for improvements Serial NumberG(il,9ll,hasfor its principal strneted andreadily oneratingcoin-slot clos. ingdeviee or the general character hereinparticnla-rly with that'classj of portable sayL ings banks ofthefoonstrnotion described V,in the said application, Serial Number K661,91l.

Other' objects of vthis invention not iat this clearly f understood from the' followingA del YWith the'various obj eets of the present-` in irimari'ly,` in the novel arrangements and parts, as Well as in the details of .the oonstruo'tion of the said-parts, all ofwhich iyill be more fully described in the `following Y receiving 'slot .and saidv'iew illustrating -gPATnnr onmennnwami, NEWJERSEL AssIGNOIi ,fro- AUG; Gonn'rz sa no., n]

F NEW JERSEY;

Specification oiffLet't-ersPatentl Mri25fli'lj I ai meenam. nivmeaaina inisappiicatianjmeu semi No. 629,513.

the clauses 'of the' 'claim yWhih are.-a'pp'ende'd'-` to'and which formen. esSentil'par't'of-this specification, V i' `aeoonpenyingdrawings,.in:Whieh Figure l Vis a, side e1 evation',`nd Figff an fend eleyatio'n.' of japortable'fsawfin'gs bank;

nitide v a'eevo rding tov andembodying.' the principleslo'f L the presentA invention; and -FigQ' 3 'a'longitndinalyertiealsec'tion ofthe same',show in g more particularly' thegeneral arrangement of the closing devices used in connection', with theV coin-receivingV or depositing .slots'with which the main shellor eaisingfof 4the bank is provided, said Vieiv.

.' being; made fon an enlarged scale. Figi@ is a horizontal seoti'onoi1 thel bank, sa-idfsec-` tionA being taken onv line aL-Ll'in said Fig. 3j, looking fini the gdireotim` of the arrow Fig. .5 is a detail vertical sectional represen; tation, on anenlarg'ed' scale, vthrough Vone fof" the coin-reoeiving or' depositing slots of the 'main *shell or c'asingof the banlgand 'a portion of one of the"coinreceiving,portions ofj y acoin tray .or carrier used With the b ank,' i said View. showingfin connection tl'iereW-ith l a coin aboutto be p assedthrough th'e coin- `also in `connection with the .ooi'n-Receiving slot, 'a hinged or pivoted, and'fspring-oon- 'trolled slot-olosingdevice operated the. inserted coin; and Fig. Gisasimila-r view-'ot'` thejsame parts re )resented in saidFig.' 5, bnt the said parts eing illnst-ratedin their relative positions when thebank isrversedv for the intended surreptitionsf'Withdrawal. of af''oin from the bank, and saidv 'View showing-furthermore, the closed position of Athe s pringlcontrolled closing lmeans andthe tilt! ed orinolined relation of the-'deposited coin to said closing means.'V Fig. 7 is a large de-` tail Yertical'section taken through the bill receiving s'lotbf themain shell or-,casing, 95

showing a. portion of a deposited.- bill, andl another. bill aboutl'to be passed'through said slot, said rien( showing, also, a1neans for preventing the 'removal' of the! bill after it has once'bee'n deposited.v Figi'S is a horilzon/(a1 sectional representation ofthe lower .f 'portion'of the shell or easing of the `savings bank, and of. the removable closing device specification and then vfinally embodied 'iniarranged-in the loiver'open portion'of said The invention' is I 3learly-illiistriated f l shell or casing, said vviewv showing in connection. therewith, and in plan,one arrange# nient of' a key-operated locking mechanism, for locking the said closing device Within and Fig. 9 is a transverse vertical section of the said parts represented in said Fig. S, saidA View illustrating 1n connection there- ,c a complete portable savings bank, showing one embodiment of the principles of `the presentv invention, the same comprising a whichis open at the bottom, as at 3, see Fig. 3 of the drawings, and is provided with a closedl top or end 4L. Suitably disposed in the severalsides of the shell or casing 2 are' a multiplicity of coin-receiving or depositing slots 5 which are 'of different sizes, so as different' denominations. The said main shell or casing 2 1s also provided With a slot the reception of folded bills or paper-money. .T he said shell or casing 2wn1ay also be proings, as 7, which Aare disposed beneath the various coin-receiving slots' 5 and the billreceiving slot 6 herein-above mentioned, and through which the coins and bills which have been deposited are exposed to view.

which -is the bottom portion ofthe bank, is adapted to be closed with a removable closing device 8 which is suitably fitted in the said open'end of the 11i-ain shell or casing, substantially in the manner illustrated in Figs. 3, 8 and 9 ofthe dra\vings,land is preferably of the general construction described 'in another application for Letters- Patent filed by Inyselflfebruary 24th, 1912,

vice 8 consists, essentially, of a bottom plate 31 which is surrounded by a marginal flange contour of the vsaid shell or casing-2,"said plate 31 being t 33, in which is fit-ted the key-receiving'barrel 34 of a suitably formed look-mechanism 35 contained ina box 3G. Suitably'conn'ected withftlie bottoinplate 31 and held inplace by means of the liangc 32, or otherwise secured thereto, is the inverted flanged plate the said open port'ion of the shell or casing;y

with portions of a coin-receiving tray and a vsuitably .formed inain shell or v casing 2l to be adapted for' the reception of coins of- 6, of somewhat different' shape from that-v of the slots 5, the said slot 6 being used for.

vided with lines of vertically disposed open-A The open end of the said shell or casing 2,`

Serial No. 679,611. Briefly, this locking de 32 of the 'same conformation as 'the inner.

provided with an opening, as

37, said plates 31 and 37 providing a suitable l receptacle in Wl'lich the box or case 34 which contains said lock-mechanism is arranged,

said flanged plate 37-being provided With slots or elongated openings 3S through which extend suitably ,form holding or' retaining catches 39 with which the said 'lock-mechanism is provided, and which are adapted to be operated by the tumblers of the lockmechanism to cause the same 'to engage' a vpair of retaining lugs 40 which are suitably secured upon the'- inner sides of the shell or casing 2, andy-from which the said catches 39 can be disengaged when the lock-mechanisrn is operated by means of a key. 1 Suitably arranged and secured Within the upper portion of the said main shell or casing 2 4a carrier-plate 9', the marginal edge-portions of which are'v preferably bent 'up so as to form a marginal flange 10 which serves to vspace said carrier-plate slightly awayv from the Closed end or IJtop-Wall 4 of the said shell or casing 2, as Will'be clearly seen from an inspection of 3 of the drawings. 'The said carrier Slate .may be retained in its fixed position Within the said shell or casing 2 by means of suitably formed and suit# ably located lugs ortongues 11, which are struck outof thesaid end-portion 4. and' project downwardly so that their .free ends may be passed into and' through correspond? ingly located perforations or slots, as l12,

in the said carrier-plate, the'end-portions' of the saidE lugs or tongues then being bent.

over to form retaining fingers, by means of which these severalparts .are secured' iridtheir assembled and fixed relations. The said car- Iier-plate, 9 is provided at points oppositeA or adjacent to the several coin-receiving and depositing slots 11i the shell or casing 2 with' open or cut-awayspaces, as 13, at each side" of which and adjacent Ato the said coinlreceiving and ldepositing .slots are formed bearing-portions or pintle-rece1ving ears 14,

-in which are 'pivotally journaled the slotclos'ing means, preferably lin the form ofv gates 15, which normally close the said slots against they passageof coins outwardly,y but which readily yield to the ,insertion or pas' sage'of coins into and through the said slot 5. In order to inaintainthe said gates in 'their normalvclosing relation to the said coin-,receiving or coin-depositing slots, each gate is provided ivith 'alA rearwardly projecting hook-piece 16 Which-is vlocated baokof the pivotal connection with each gate.- Connected With' each hooltf'pieceql is theone end-portion of a' coiled'springv17, ythe opposite end-portionsjof said springs being all suitably connected' `with or anchored upon lugs orA projections' 18 with which 'the previously-mentioned ACarrier-plate 9 is provided.

of the said As Willibe clearly evident from an, inspection of Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, thepullf springs, 17 upon the respectivel hook-pieces 1G willcause the several gates' 15 A to normally s wingagainsttheinnerisides of the main shellor casing-2so.as-to.bring the said gates into closing relation with. the respective' coin-receiving or depositing slots 5, as will be clearly evident.

'In Fig. T of the drawings, I have illustrated a means for closing lthe previouslyinentioiied bill-receiying and bill c' -positing slot 6, this means being of a 'some 1 iaiditfferen't'construction froiuthe closing means which is connected with the said coir-rc ceiving or depositing slots 5, said means comprisingl a gate 19` which |is pivotally Journaledin pintle-receivin'g ears or bearf ing-portions Q0.

rated edge, at 2l, which engages with the bill after the latter has been inserted through provided with a rearwardly extendingtaih' piece 22 which overbalanccs the said gate and thus tends to always return the [same into its closing relation with the slot (i after the gate has been -pushed away by the enter,- ing bill. The said tail-piece is inadeof such length, so that. when the gate 19 is pushed or swung inwardly by the entering bill, its free end-portion will engage ,the inner surface of the closed endor top-wall 3 of the said shell or casing 2, and thereby limits the inward movement. of -tlie gate 19and main tains the latter in Van inclined position which will guide the entering bill in a downward direction into u suitable receiving comparte ment within the interior of a savin'gzgs-bankil After the bill has been completely inserted,

its end will springpast the serrated edgeportion 2t of the said gate 19, wherei'i-pon the gate will again swingy into a' closed relation back of the Slot 6 with the end of'the said bill behind the gate,.substantially asV illustrated in lsaid Fig. 7' of the drawin s. Upon the insertion of a second bill..i nto,t ie said slot G, the gate 19., as it is swung in its inward direction, will press back of the, pref viously deposited bill,atid will allow the second bill to pass freely into the receiving compartment. It will also' be i'ipparent, that on account of the limited opening movement of the said' gate 19, it will be impossible to' insert or pass a knife-blade or other instriiment in contact with thebills, and the said gate cannot he otherwise manipulated for the purpose of surreptitiously Iremoving 'a 'deposited bill through-thesaid opening or slot 6.

Suitablv arranged within the said shell or casing 2 is a removably disposed coin-receiving tray within which thevcoins and bills which have been passed through the several slots arrange themselves. The general con- Aplicatiorvfor Letters l The free end-portion 'ofthe said gate is usually provided with a serstructioirof this coin-receivingr tray is generally set forth and dcscrihedin anotheiaplatent .tiled by myself conteniporaiieously herewith, and thev said coinfreceiving tray comprises a suitably formed casting QBfwhich is made with circularly formed flanges 24, all arranged to produce certain cylindrical coin-receiving compartments 25 and also a compartment Q6 for the recept-ion of the deposited' bills or papermpneyhe compartments 25 being in communication with the receiving-or depositing slots in the'said shell or casing 2, andthe respective compartments conforming in cross-section to the shapes and sizes of the Ivarious'coinswhich are adapted to be passed through the several coin-receiving or depositing slots 5, as will be clearly evident. Suitably connected with the -said coin-tray is a supporting plate 2T, the'said plate beine' provided with cut-away portions Q8 whi i are located beneath the coin-receiving com; partr'nents,- so that, whenthe savings-bank is reversed and the coins are supported upon said supporting plate, a poi-tion of the bottom of each column Aof coins is Vexposed tov contact with the fingers, and maybe lifted. out of the compartment as soon as thecointray has been removed within the said coinshell or casing 2. vThe said coiii-tray'is inserted within the casing.,` or shell through its A open bottom, i`n such aA manner, so that the supporting plate 27 thereof is arran directly beneaththe carrier-plate 9;. t iat is,

the said supporting plate is at theftop of.

said shell or casing Q, when the coin'ftr'ay is' A arranged within the saine,' and the 4open mouths of the coin compartments are closed by the previously mentioned closing device', 8 when the latter is operatively'disposed in its closing relation within the ope'n bottomportion 3 of the said main shell or casing2, all of which will be clearly evident from an4 inspection of Fig. 'ot the drawings;

As the coins are deposited throughthe. coinr'eceiving or depositing slots, they pile y'tliemi-ielves up within the respective' cornpartme'nts of the coin-tray, with the varioiis columns Aof coins rest-ing directly upon the clcsingdevice which is removably arranged in the open portion of the said main shell lor casing 2, but is ordinarily held in the said opening in its closed relation by means of' any' suitably formed key-controlled and actuated.,lockingmechanism. When it is desired to remove the coins from within the savings-bank, the latter is turned upside down,- and akey is applied to said locking mechanism so as to operate the same, and thereby permit the removalA of the closing device fromsaid opening and` the withdrawal of*l the coin-tray -from within the said main .shell or casing. When the bank is .turned upside;` down, the relative posi- -tions of the columns. of coins within .the

iespective compartm'ents are reversed, so'

provided with a spring-actuated carryingor any other suitably formed stem` as carrying means, 4

ln portable savings banks of the character herein set forth, every means to guard against. the removal of coins surreptitiously` must be provided. To this end` the carrierplate. 9 is further provided witlrdownwardly turned studs or proiections. as 30. the saine providing suitable lift-pieces which penetrate through the cutawa)r or open portions 2q of the supporting plate 27. and e.'\ tend slight-ly into the eoiii-receivinr c0mpertinents` of the coin-tray, substantially as shown in Figs. 3. 5 and (i of the drawings,v Now. if the savings-bank is turned upside down, 'in the endeavor to manipulate the coins for their surreptitious removal outwardly through the coin-receiving or depositing slots i'i. b v the aid of a knife-blade. or other instrument. it will be found that even though the knife may be easily inserted and pushed against. the gate 15, the said gate will slip merely beneath the tilted oi inclined coins in the compartment, lsince tht` bottom eoiu is tipped in an upward direction, on account of its manner of resting up on the lift-piece 30, see Fin'. t3 o f the drawings. so that the peripheral edge-portion of said coin is always maintained in a position above and beyond the mouth of the coin-receiving or depositing slot. as will be clearly evident. Ilcnce, it is impossible to slip a knife or other tool or instrument. between the bottom coin and any other coins which may be contained in the saine coinpartnient, with a view 'to manipulate the coin for its surreptit-ious withdrawal through the' slot.

1. In a device of the kind described. an outer shell closed at t-lie top and provided with a series of coin-receiving oi.tlepositiiig slots. a carrier plate arranged iii the upper- `portion of said shell, spring-actuated gates pivotally connected with said carrier-plate.`

and adapted to normally close said coinreceiving or depositing slots against the outward passage of coins therethrough, a removable coin-tray provided with a series of coin-compartments, each compartment being l-in alinement with a coin-receiving or depositing slot, a coinsupportingplate connected with said coin-tray' for 'supporting coins within said l compartments, when removing said coin-tray, a removablebottom-plate in the open end of said outer shell, 'and means for locking Vsaid bottom-plate 'in itsl closing' relation. j., Y

.2. In a device ofthekinddescribed, an outer shell provided zwith series of 'coinreceiving or depositing slots, .ater'novable bottom-plate connected with said shell, and a removablel coin-trayarranged within. said shell` said trav comprising 'a casting provided with 'curved vertical flanges, said flanges being arranged sol as toprovde coinreceiving compartments, eachcompartment' being in alinement with a coin-receiviiigor depositing slot, said vertical flangesfalling short of entirely surrounding'said 'coin-r receiving compartments soas to provide'a fiee vertical opening in` front of each com', partinent, and a' coin-supporting plate secured to one end of said casting adapted to provide a support for the coins contained in said coin-receiving compartments when said coin-tray is removed, said supporting platebeing registering with and' arranged beneath the vertical opening of'each coin-receivingcompartinent, so asto expose the coins to contact with the fingeis for removal from said comit-ray, a -carrierfplate arranged in the upper portion of said shell,- sprin -a'ctuated gates pivot-ally connected with said carrierplate, said gates being adapted to normally close said coin-receiving or depositing slots, and lift-pieces connected with said carrierpla'te and projecting into said coin-receiving providedwith cut--away portions compartments for raising the coinsl away from said coin-receiving or depositing slots when the outer shell is turned upside down.

3. In a devi'cecf the kind ,describedan outer shell provided with a series of coind receiving or depositing slots and a bil1-de.

positing slot,l a removable bottom-plate connected with said shell, a removable coin-tray provided with a series 0f coin-receiving compartments and a bill-receiving compartment registering respectively with said slots, a carrier-plate arranged in the upper portion of said shell, springactuated gates pivotally journaled upon said carrier-plate and adapted to -normally close said coinreeeiving or deposit-ing slots. another gate pivotally jonrnaledupon said carrier-plate, a tail-piece connected4 with said last-.men-

tioned gate adapted to counterbalunce said gate and maintain the samein its normally closed relation to said bill-depositing slot, the free end of said gate being provided with a serrated edge, and lift-piecesfcoiinected -with said carrier-plate and projecting into 'said co' -receiving compartments of the said coin-ay for raising the coins away' from said coin-receiving or depositing coin-receivingr slot, und u projection or littpiece extending), downwardly from suid cu rrier-plute und projectingr into und through Suid cut-nwuy portion, suhstuniiullv us und for the purposes forth.

In testimony, that l Cluim the invention Set forth uhove l hure, hereunto .sot n1 20 hund this 21st day of February, i912.

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